The cast is off!

Jack got his cast off yesterday! Thank goodness. This was the third one! The first one (green) started to slide down when the swelling went down. So we went back in and got an orange one. It was on tighter so I thought we were good.

Less than 24 hours later, Jack was in a shopping cart at the grocery store. I heard something hit the floor and saw the cast bouncing away. So back to the doctor we went. And since nothing else would stay on his leg, we had to get an above-the-knee cast.

Fortunately, Jack didn't care much. Within a few days he had figured out how to walk on it. It was with a pretty bad limp, but still. He didn't let it get him down!


And now, it's off! The x-ray showed that he had healed completely in just 3 weeks. He has relearned how to walk with two good legs and is happy to be himself again. Personally, I was the most happy that I could give him a real bath (which I did as soon as we got home). In case you noticed in the video, we buzzed his hair so it would be easier to clean when when he could only have sponge baths. It did make it easier but I miss that hair! It was getting so long!